Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Glebe (killybegs Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (killybegs Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.62737, -8.44456
- SMR number
- DG097-015009-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This fulacht fia was exposed in the north-facing section of a drainage channel during archaeological testing in advance of a proposed development on the SE side of Killybegs town. It was subsequently excavated (01E0065). It consisted of a mound (L 16m long; D 0.52m) of burnt stone enclosing a central timber trough (Wth 1m wide; D c. 0.25m), which had been greatly damaged by the digging of the later drainage channel. The upper layer of the mound consisted of angular fragmented stones in charcoal-enriched, black sandy clay. A thin lens of dark sticky clay intervened between this layer and a lower layer of small angular stones with charcoal fragments and moderate ash content in yellow/brown sandy clay. This lower layer filled the timber trough. The base of the trough was lined with unworked lengths of wood. The mound overlay a layer of natural marl.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.